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Sir Mel Stride vs Alan Gemmell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 244 different votes 249 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
11 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 242 of 650
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 200 of 650
1,838
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
565 eligible divisions
892
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
237
52.4 % of votes cast
946
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
215
47.6 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 650
Appearances
27
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
45
-83.0 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
Contributions
33
-95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
17
6 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Trade
73 of 89 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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